Prawn soup with dill pesto

AUTHOR
Brooke Calhoun
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 5
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 10
  • 50 g Pecan kernels
  • 1 collar Dill
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 2 Shallots
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 3 cubes (50 g each) Crab Soup Paste
  • 20 g Butter
  • 25 g Flour
  • 1 glass (400 ml) Fish stock
  • 600 ml dry white wine
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 200 g Whipped cream
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Gin
  • 250 g North Sea crab meat

Directions

  1. 1

    For the pesto, finely chop the nuts. Wash the dill, shake dry and chop finely. Mix nuts, dill and oil, season with salt and pepper. Place in a bowl and chill.

  2. 2

    For the soup, peel shallots and garlic and dice finely. Leave the crab soup paste and butter in a saucepan, sauté the shallots and garlic over a low heat. Dust with flour and sauté.

  3. 3

    Gradually add 1 litre of water, fish stock and wine, always stirring and boiling repeatedly. Simmer at low heat for 2-3 minutes. Season to taste with salt, pepper and sugar. In the meantime whip cream with the whisk of the hand mixer.

  4. 4

    Stir in the gin. Arrange the soup with crabs, a blob of gin cream and pesto in soup bowls.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
300 kcal
CARBS
8 g
FATS
22 g
PROTEINS
8 g